This
on-line
project
is
part
of
the
Center
for
Improved
Engineering
and
Science
Education
(CIESE)
program,
which
has
developed
internet
activities
for
the
elementary,
middle,
and
high
school
level
student.
This
project
involves
comparing
the
water
quality
of
local
rivers,
streams,
lakes
or
ponds
with
other
fresh
water
sources
around
the
world.
The
focus
is
to
assess
the
quality
of
water
based
on
physical
...
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Virtual
Earthquake
is
an
interactive
web-based
program
designed
to
introduce
the
concepts
of
how
an
earthquake
epicenter
is
located
and
how
the
Richter
magnitude
of
an
earthquake
is
determined.
Virtual
Earthquake
shows
the
recordings
of
an
earthquake's
seismic
waves
detected
by
instruments
far
away
from
the
earthquake.
The
instrument
recording
the
seismic
waves
is
called
a
seismograph
and
the
recording
...
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This
resource
gives
an
impression
of
how
immense
our
Universe
is
by
starting
with
an
image
of
the
Earth
and
then
zooming
out
to
the
furthest
visible
reaches
of
the
Universe.
Its
goal
is
to
show
astronomical
distances
without
scientific
notation.
Instead,
it
focuses
on
the
large
number
of
zeros
that
are
in
astronomical
distances
when
we
measure
them
with
a
familiar
unit
like
the
kilometer.
The
number
...
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The
New
Millennium
Observatory
(NeMO)
is
a
seafloor
observatory
off
the
coast
of
Oregon,
which
studies
the
relationships
between
submarine
volcanic
events
and
the
chemistry
and
distribution
of
hydrothermal
vents
and
the
biologic
communities
that
depend
on
them.
The
research
activities
at
NeMO
provide
an
extraordinary
educational
opportunity,
both
from
the
daily
reports
from
expeditions
at
sea
and
...
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This
program
provides
scientific
research
and
assessment
to
evaluate
the
effects
of
atmospheric
deposition
on
aquatic
and
terrestrial
ecosystems.
A
clickable
map
depicts
locations
of
acid
rain
monitoring
stations
by
state.
This
site
also
contains
reports
presenting
data
on
acid
rain
trends
and
monitoring
efforts
as
well
as
research
performed
on
acid
rain
accumulation
values.
Information
is
also
available
...
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Grade level:
Middle (6-8), High (9-12), College (13-14), College (15-16), Graduate / Professional

In this lesson plan students will learn the basics about how tornadoes are formed, and where and when they are most likely to occur. They will then study the current research on tornadoes and explore how scientists are trying to predict them. They will learn about the equipment storm chasers use to study tornadoes and will develop their own research plans.
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The
goal
of
the
PALEOMAP
Project
is
to
illustrate
the
plate
tectonic
development
of
the
ocean
basins
and
continents,
as
well
as
the
changing
distribution
of
land
and
sea
during
the
past
1100
million
years.
In
the
section
on
Earth
history
you
can
select
any
time
period,
read
about
that
period,
and
see
the
plate
distribution
during
that
period.
There
is
also
a
section
on
climate
history
where
you
can
...
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Grade level:
Intermediate (3-5), Middle (6-8), High (9-12), College (13-14), College (15-16), Informal, General public

This
lesson
plan
is
part
of
the
Center
for
Educational
Resources
(CERES),
a
series
of
web-based
astronomy
lessons
created
by
a
team
of
master
teachers,
university
faculty,
and
NASA
researchers.
Students
download
NASA
Hubble
Space
Telescope
(HST)
images
of
the
Martian
polar
ice
caps
from
different
times
to
measure
and
compare
the
changing
Martian
and
Earth
poles.
This
lesson
contains
expected
outcomes
...
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Discovering
Plate
Boundaries
is
based
on
5
world
maps
containing
earthquake,
volcano,
topography,
satellite
gravity,
and
seafloor
age
data.
The
novel
aspect
of
the
exercise
is
the
"jigsaw"
manner
in
which
student
groups
access
the
maps
and
use
them
to
discover,
classify,
and
describe
plate
boundary
types.
The
exercise
is
based
only
on
observation
and
description,
which
makes
it
useful
at
a
wide
variety
...
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Grade level:
Middle (6-8), High (9-12), College (13-14), College (15-16)

Land
Masses
of
the
Earth
is
a
lesson
plan
on
the
theory
of
plate
tectonics
and
how
major
land
masses
of
the
earth
have
moved
over
geologic
time.
Topics
include
the
theory
of
continental
drift
of
Alfred
Wegener,
the
supercontinent
Pangaea,
matching
rocks
and
fossils
found
on
different
continents,
and
the
distribution
of
plant
and
animal
species.
The
lesson
plan
provides
objectives,
skills,
time
required,
...
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